I think this may be due to the way I solved Act 2 quest to Rescue Wulbren but not sure how.

My steps:

*Talked to Wulbren in the jail who asks for a blunt instrument to help him break out
*Tossed him an enchanted warhammer (not his hammer)
*Attacked the warden and guards, killed them, then hit the lever to open the jail cell doors
*Helped prisoners fight outside so they all survived. Followed them to a dock area but there was no boat actually there. The NPCs just ran to the dock area, then disappeared and my journal updated with "the tieflings and Wulbren safely made it to the Last Light Inn"


So possibly something with giving him a hammer but then not having him break the wall (opened doors instead). Or the fact that it wasn't his hammer. Or the fact that the boat didn't appear on the map to me. But more likely something about the hammer since all the rescued tieflings did talk to me as normal afterwards.